• Best Retirement: Andy Roddick. His surprise announcement at the U.S. Open caught everyone off guard and probably didn't give his fans enough time to say goodbye. But that was Roddick. He wasn't a guy who was going to hobble through a retirement tour. He knew it was over, and he tapped out. Huge respect.

• Worst Retirement: Kim Clijsters. Given that she announced last year that the U.S. Open would be her last tournament, we had plenty of time to revisit and reflect on Clijsters' legacy and talent throughout the season. As it turns out, that might have been too much time. By the time she lost to Laura Robson at the U.S. Open, people seemed to have run out of things to say. Even Clijsters looked a bit weary from it all.

• Best Bet: In 2003, a British man bet about $2,000 that Roger Federer would win seven Wimbledon titles by 2019. The man died in 2009 but left the bet's proceeds to the international aid agency Oxfam. Federer completed the feat in July. At odds of 66/1, Oxfam earned $158,000.

• Best WTA Shoulder Bump: Victoria Azarenka vs. Maria Sharapova, Stuttgart. Everyone gets to play Zapruder here to figure out who started it, who should have yielded and, in the end, who bumped whom. Looking at Sharapova's head shake, I'm guessing it was Azarenka.

• Worst Use of the Internet: "Blue Cat Polytheism Founder 07" posted a death threat against Federer on an Internet message board. The guy apologized and attributed the threat to a flame war between fans, but not before Federer was put under heavy security in Shanghai.

• Worst Conspiracy Theorist: Ivo Karlovic. The big Croat accused the Brits of bias toward Andy Murray after Karlovic was called for 11 foot faults in a second-round match at Wimbledon. We all know that's not true. I mean, if the All England Club really wanted Murray to win Wimbledon, it sure as heck wouldn't have closed the roof on him in the final against Federer.

• Worst Double Fault: Novak Djokovic, French Open. How do you say "anti-climactic" in Serbian? A dramatic match that took place over two days because of rain, Djokovic finally ended it by double-faulting on match point to give Nadal his record seventh French Open title.

• Worst Fashion Design: Adidas. It's entirely possible that I'm just completely out of touch with what's hip at your local tennis club these days, but did anyone really run out and buy all those clashing neon eyesores? But beyond the color schemes, they couldn't even make shorts that held tennis balls.

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• Best WTA Facebook Page:Sam Stosur. One of the quieter players on tour, Stosur offers a glimpse into her personality. She's hilarious.

• Best ATP Facebook Page:Tomas Berdych. Much like Stosur, Berdych can come across as a bit stoic on the court and in interviews. But he rocks at Facebook, posting music links and pictures that are pretty funny.

• Worst Machiavelli Impression: The All Indian Tennis Association. What do you do when you want to field the best team possible for the Olympics, but your key guys can't stand each other? Why, you use strong-arm tactics and skillful maneuvering to try to force them to play along. That's what AITA attempted to do with Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, and when its threats didn't work it used Sania Mirza as a pawn to appease Paes and get him to play. It was an ugly incident that exposed myriad problems in Indian tennis. But it did lead to this ...

"As an Indian woman belonging to the 21st century, what I find disillusioning is the humiliating manner in which I was put up as a bait to try and pacify one of the disgruntled stalwarts of Indian tennis. While I feel honored and privileged to have been chosen to partner Leander Paes, the manner and timing of the announcement wreaks of male chauvinism where a two time Grand Slam champion, who has been India's number 1 women's tennis player for almost a decade in singles and doubles is offered in compensation to partner one of the feuding champions purely in order to lure him into accepting to play with a men's player he does not wish to play with! This kind of blatant humiliation of Indian womanhood needs to be condemned even if it comes from the highest controlling body of tennis in our country."